Overweight Toad?

Daveinet wrote:
...And most importantly DO NOT REPORT BACK TO RV NET that you went ahead and did it.

^^^THAT is funny right there...

I'm still entertained by the people on here that do NOT understand that F=MA.

The mass, or WEIGHT, is ONLY HALF of the basic equation.

Simply put, there are other considerations that are more important. I'm confident that if a mechanical engineer were to calculate the loads in the OP's configuration that they would "give a thumbs up" to it being safe.

Then, in addition to the above, the OP as the driver, has significant control over the A portion of the basic equation. This is something the hitch engineer has to use a nominal value in his design.

So long as the OP is not tackling the steepest streets in San Francisco, I just don't see the problem. As I see it, none of the weight police on this forum take into consideration that the hitch has to be designed to handle the extra F from steep grades. Maybe someone who has not been out of college for long as I have will want to do the actual calculations on the extra force applied for the hitch rating on a steep grade (assuming that A=G only(for grins))???

It would be really nice to see an actual educated opinion in reply to to my comments. All the lemmings that are scared near death because a single number is higher then one on a sticker don't help anyone learn.